CVE-2023-53310

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: axp288_fuel_gauge: Fix external_power_changed race fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() dereferences info->bat, which gets sets in axp288_fuel_gauge_probe() like this: info->bat = devm_power_supply_register(dev, &fuel_gauge_desc, &psy_cfg); As soon as devm_power_supply_register() has called device_add() the external_power_changed callback can get called. So there is a window where fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() may get called while info->bat has not been set yet leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Fixing this is easy. The external_power_changed callback gets passed the power_supply which will eventually get stored in info->bat, so fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() can simply directly use the passed in psy argument which is always valid.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedSep 16, 2025
First seenSep 16, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.1.31, 6.3.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.18 ≤ v < 6.1.31, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.3.5, 6.46.1.31, 6.3.5

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